Dallas-Love Field Airport Code

October 27, 2022

Acronym

Dallas-Love Field Airport was built in 1917, and originally named Dallas Aviation Field. During World War I, the airfield was used as a flight training center for the U.S. Army Air Service. After the war, commercial flights began to use the airport and in 1927, it was renamed Love Field after Lt. Moss Lee Love, who died in an airplane crash in 1913 while serving with the U.S. Army Air Corps in San Diego.

During World War II, Love Field served as a military base and training facility for the United States Army Air Forces and its successor organization, the United States Air Force (USAF). The airport saw a tremendous amount of military traffic during this time period as well as an increase in civilian travel due to postwar economic prosperity. In 1948, Southwest Airlines began operations at Love Field which marked an important milestone for the airport’s growth and development into a regional hub for domestic flights around Texas and other parts of the Southwest United States.

In 1957, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) opened just 24 miles away from Love Field after decades of planning and construction delays due to political disagreements over its location. This caused a significant decrease in passenger traffic at Love field as many travelers chose to fly out of DFW instead due to its larger size and modern amenities that were not available at Love Field at that time such as larger gates and more direct routes to international destinations around the world. Despite this setback, Dallas-Love Field Airport continued to be used by local commuters who preferred its smaller size and more convenient location closer to downtown Dallas than DFW International Airport which is located outside of city limits further away from downtown areas.

DAL is the abbreviation code for Dallas-Love Field Airport. According to Abbreviation Finder, DAL can also mean:

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Dallas-Love Field Airport Code

Dallas-Love Field, TX Airport (DAL)

The Dallas-Love Field Airport is the smaller, predominantly regionally operating commercial airport in the city of Dallas in the state of Texas. In addition to Dallas-Love, the metropolitan region also has the much larger Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport, which is very important for the American flight market.

  • URL: Dallas – Love Field, TX (DAL)
  • Time zone: GMT -6
  • Service phone: +1 214 670-6080
  • Address: Love Field Terminal Building, 8008 Cedar Springs Road, LB 16, Dallas, TX 75235
  • Operator: Dallas Aviation Department
  • Parking: Yes, chargeable, approx. 7,500 short and long-term parking spaces, but the first 30 minutes are free.
  • Nearby cities: Dallas (8 km), Irving (10 km), Carrollton (12 km), Richardson (16 km), Grand Prairie (18 km), Garland (21 km), Plano (24 km), Mesquite (25 km ), Arlington (27 km), Fort Worth (46 km)
  • Transportation: The airport can be reached via Interstate I-35E / US-Highway 77 at exits # 429D – # 436 or via State Route 12.
  • Train connections: Amtrak’s “Texas Eagle” route (Chicago-Los Angeles) regularly stops at Dallas Union Station.
  • Flight distribution on the days of the week: Monday (14.74%), Tuesday (13.01%), Wednesday (14.83%), Thursday (16.25%), Friday (16.45%), Saturday (9.35%), Sunday (15.38%)
  • other spellings: Dallas-Love Field-TX, ダ ラ ス ・ ラ ブ フ ィ ー ル ド, 达拉斯 爱 田, даллас-лов филд

Favorite Destinations from Dallas – Love Field, TX (Flights Per Week)

  1. Houston – Hobby Airport, TX (184, 6.24%)
  2. Chicago Midway International Airport, IL (155, 5.26%)
  3. Phoenix – Sky Harbor International Airport (131, 4.44%)
  4. Denver International Airport, CO (118, 4.00%)
  5. Las Vegas – McCarran International Airport, NV (116, 3.93%)
  6. Baltimore – Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD (101, 3.42%)
  7. Nashville International Airport, TN (100, 3.39%)
  8. Atlanta International Airport (98, 3.32%)
  9. Los Angeles International Airport, CA (97, 3.29%)
  10. Louis – Lambert International Airport (91, 3.09%)
  11. Other (59.62%)

Top airlines (share of take-offs / landings)

  1. Southwest Airlines (5755, 91.02%)
  2. Alaska Airlines (147, 2.32%)
  3. Singapore Airlines (73, 1.15%)
  4. KLM (61, 0.96%)
  5. Air France (53, 0.84%)
  6. Virgin Atlantic Airways (39, 0.62%)
  7. Westjet (30, 0.47%)
  8. Delta Air Lines (24, 0.38%)
  9. El Al Israel Airlines (23, 0.36%)
  10. Qatar Airways (17, 0.27%)
  11. Other (1.61%)

Location
The airport, which opened in 1917, is located 9 kilometers northwest of downtown Dallas. The fastest way to get to the airport for drivers coming from outside of the city is either via Interstate I-35E / US-Highway 77 at exits 429D – 436 or via Texas State Route 12.

The bus route #12runs regularly between the airport and Convention Center Station in downtown Dallas. 39 of the DART. From Dallas Union Station, just 700 meters northwest, there is a connection to Amtrak’s “Texas Eagle” route and also a connection with the Trinity Railway Express (TRE) to Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport.